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Brief Psychotic Disorder 
American Description 

Formerly Brief Reactive Psychosis 

Diagnostic Criteria
Presence of one (or more) of the following symptoms: 
delusions 
hallucinations 
disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) 
grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior 
Note: Do not include a symptom if it is a culturally sanctioned response pattern.
Duration of an episode of the disturbance is at least 1 day but less than 1 month, with eventual full return to premorbid level of functioning. 
The disturbance is not better accounted for by a Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features, Schizoaffective Disorder, or Schizophrenia and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition. 
Specify if:
With Marked Stressor(s) (brief reactive psychosis): if symptoms occur shortly after and apparently in response to events that, singly or together, would be markedly stressful to almost anyone in similar circumstances in the person's culture 
Without Marked Stressor(s): if psychotic symptoms do not occur shortly after, or are not apparently in response to events that, singly or together, would be markedly stressful to almost anyone in similar circumstances in the person's culture 
With Postpartum Onset: if onset within 4 weeks postpartum 

Associated Features
Learning Problem 
Hypoactivity 
Psychotic 
Euphoric Mood 
Depressed Mood 
Somatic/Sexual Dysfunction 
Hyperactivity 

Differential Diagnosis
Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition or a delirium; Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder; Substance-Induced Delirium; and Substance Intoxication; mood episode; Schizophreniform Disorder; Delusional Disorder; Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features; Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified; Factitious Disorder, With Predominantly Psychological Signs and Symptoms; Malingering; Personality Disorders. 

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